It so happened that Lucy, who found daily life rather chaotic, entered a more solid world when she opened the piano. She was then no longer either deferential or patronizing; no longer either a rebel or a slave.
E.M. Forster
Piano, Chaos, Lucy, Solid, Artistic Escape, Self-Transformation
E.M. Forster’s Quotes On Topics
Piety | Universal Suffering | Unsuccessful | Literary Exaggeration | Men | Emotional Turmoil | Scale | Daily Choices | Perfect Characters | Social Conditions | Efficiency | Rebellious Artistry | Cultural Divisions | Existential Strain | Romanticized Memories | None | Sunshine | Human Feelings | Stars | Creative Growth | More
More E.M. Forster Quotes
“Don’t go fighting against the Spring.” E.M. Forster
Resistance, Spring, Change, Acceptance, Growth, Natural Cycles
E.M. Forster Resistance, Spring, Change, Acceptance, Growth, Natural Cycles“They had nothing in common but the English language.” E.M. Forster
Language, Commonality, English, Communication, Connection, Cultural Divide
E.M. Forster Language, Commonality, English, Communication, Connection, Cultural Divide“But let yourself go. You are inclined to get muddled, if I may judge from last night. Let yourself go. Pull out from the depths those thoughts that you do not understand, and spread them out in the sunlight and know the meaning of them. By understanding George you may learn to understand yourself. It will be good for both of you.” E.M. Forster
Perspective, Empathy, Confusion, Realization, Mutual Growth, Personal Connection
E.M. Forster Perspective, Empathy, Confusion, Realization, Mutual Growth, Personal Connection“Science explained people, but could not understand them. After long centuries among the bones and muscles it might be advancing to knowledge of the nerves, but this would never give understanding.” E.M. Forster
Science, Understanding, People, Knowledge, Human Complexity, Intellectual Limits
E.M. Forster Science, Understanding, People, Knowledge, Human Complexity, Intellectual Limits“I won’t be protected. I will choose for myself what is ladylike and right. To shield me is an insult.” E.M. Forster
Protected, Choose, Shield, Ladylike, Feminist Assertion, Personal Autonomy
E.M. Forster Protected, Choose, Shield, Ladylike, Feminist Assertion, Personal Autonomy“No English novelist is as great as Tolstoy –that is to say, has given so complete a picture of man’s life, both on its domestic and heroic side. No English novelist has explored man’s soul as deeply as Dostoyevsky. And no novelist anywhere has analysed the modern consciousness as successfully as Marcel Proust.” E.M. Forster
Literary Comparison, Depth Of Exploration, Characterization, Philosophical Reflection, Russian Literature, Modern Consciousness
E.M. Forster Literary Comparison, Depth Of Exploration, Characterization, Philosophical Reflection, Russian Literature, Modern Consciousness“He had shown her all the workings of his soul, mistaking this for love.” E.M. Forster
Love, Vulnerability, Misunderstanding, Human Experience, Emotional Complexity, Inner Landscape
E.M. Forster Love, Vulnerability, Misunderstanding, Human Experience, Emotional Complexity, Inner Landscape“A funeral is not death, any more than baptism is birth or marriage union. All three are the clumsy devices, coming now too late, now too early, by which Society would register the quick motions of man.” E.M. Forster
Funeral, Devices, Society, Clumsy, Motions, Early
E.M. Forster Funeral, Devices, Society, Clumsy, Motions, Early“Mr. Ansell was not merely a man of some education; he had what no education can bring – the power of detecting what is important.” E.M. Forster
Insightful Guidance, Wisdom Beyond Knowledge, Life Mastery, Personal Discovery, Prioritization, Reflection
E.M. Forster Insightful Guidance, Wisdom Beyond Knowledge, Life Mastery, Personal Discovery, Prioritization, Reflection“Think before you speak is criticism’s motto; speak before you think, creation’s.” E.M. Forster
Speech, Criticism, Thought, Creation, Instinct, Expression
E.M. Forster Speech, Criticism, Thought, Creation, Instinct, Expression“She did not acknowledge that her brain was warped, for the brain itself must assist in that acknowledgment, and she was disordering the very instruments of life.” E.M. Forster
Brain, Acknowledgment, Disorder, Instruments, Inner Conflict, Mental Health
E.M. Forster Brain, Acknowledgment, Disorder, Instruments, Inner Conflict, Mental Health“She must be assured that it is not a criminal offense to love at first sight.” E.M. Forster
Instant Love, Romantic Assurance, Love’s Legitimacy, Love, First Sight, Assured
E.M. Forster Instant Love, Romantic Assurance, Love’s Legitimacy, Love, First Sight, Assured“One minute. You know nothing about him. He probably has his own joys and interests- wife, children, snug little home. That’s where we practical fellows’- he smiled-’are more tolerant than you intellectuals. We live and let live, and assume that things are jogging on fairly well elsewhere, and that the ordinary plain man may be trusted to look after his own affairs.” E.M. Forster
Tolerance, Simplicity, Practicality, Misunderstanding, Assumptions, Individuality
E.M. Forster Tolerance, Simplicity, Practicality, Misunderstanding, Assumptions, Individuality“There has been, is, and always will be every conceivable type of person.” E.M. Forster
Humanity, Complexity, Human Nature, Social Reflection, Perception, Inner Landscape
E.M. Forster Humanity, Complexity, Human Nature, Social Reflection, Perception, Inner Landscape“We are willing enough to praise freedom when she is safely tucked away in the past and cannot be a nuisance. In the present, amidst dangers whose outcome we cannot foresee, we get nervous about her, and admit censorship.” E.M. Forster
Freedom, Censorship, Praise, Danger, Historical Reflection, Societal Fear
E.M. Forster Freedom, Censorship, Praise, Danger, Historical Reflection, Societal Fear“At times our need for a sympathetic gesture is so great that we care not what exactly it signifies or how much we may have to pay for it afterwards.” E.M. Forster
Connection, Vulnerability, Human Nature, Emotional Complexity, Social Reflection, Inner Experience
E.M. Forster Connection, Vulnerability, Human Nature, Emotional Complexity, Social Reflection, Inner Experience“The aims of battle and the fruits of conquest are never the same;.” E.M. Forster
Conflict, Perception, Human Nature, Complexity, Social Reflection, Inner Landscape
E.M. Forster Conflict, Perception, Human Nature, Complexity, Social Reflection, Inner Landscape“I have always been like the Greeks and didn’t know.” E.M. Forster
Historical Reflection, Identity Struggles, Cultural Discovery, Self-Awareness, Truth, Growth
E.M. Forster Historical Reflection, Identity Struggles, Cultural Discovery, Self-Awareness, Truth, Growth“Romance only dies with life. No pair of pincers will ever pull it out of us. But there is a spurious sentiment which cannot resist the unexpected and the incongruous and the grotesque. A touch will loosen it, and the sooner it goes from us the better.” E.M. Forster
Romance, Life, Sentimentality, Love’s Power, Genuine Emotion, Ephemeral Feelings
E.M. Forster Romance, Life, Sentimentality, Love’s Power, Genuine Emotion, Ephemeral Feelings